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“I'm very scared, Buster. Yes, at last. Because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away.”
― Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories
― Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories
“I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.”
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“But I'm not a saint yet. I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius.”
― Music for Chameleons
― Music for Chameleons
“You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.”
― James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
― James Baldwin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
“Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.”
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